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Pig's Ears
Cotyledon
Cotyledon is one of some 35 genera of succulent plants in the family Crassulaceae. Mostly from Southern Africa, they also occur throughout the drier parts of Africa as far north as the Arabian Peninsula. Ten of its species are mostly confined to South Africa, where unlike Tylecodon, they occur commonly in both the winter and summer rainfall regions. They may be found on coastal flats and rocky hillsides, or as cremnophytes on cliff faces. Their decussate, evergreen leaves are highly variable in shape, even within some species, but the flowers, apart from colour, are very similar.
18 branches of this genus, most-observed first
pig's ear
speciesCotyledon orbiculata
Bear-paws
speciesCotyledon tomentosa
Velvet Pigsears
speciesCotyledon velutina
Cotyledon woodii
speciesCotyledon woodii
Bell Pigsear
speciesCotyledon campanulata
Bushveld Cotyledon
speciesCotyledon barbeyi
Sprawling Pigsears
speciesCotyledon papillaris
Sticky Pigsears
speciesCotyledon cuneata
Cotyledon adscendens
speciesCotyledon adscendens
Cotyledon pendens
speciesCotyledon pendens
Cotyledon egglii
speciesCotyledon egglii
Still Bay Pig's Ears
speciesCotyledon xanthantha
Cotyledon eliseae
speciesCotyledon eliseae
Cotyledon gloeophylla
speciesCotyledon gloeophylla
Cotyledon petiolaris
speciesCotyledon petiolaris
Cotyledon mckayi
speciesCotyledon mckayi
Sprawling Bell hybrid Pigsear
hybridCotyledon campanulata × papillaris
Tankwa pig's ears
speciesCotyledon tanquana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
History of Rare Plants of Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1576 · p.559
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.153
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.152
History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.487
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.445
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.440
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.440
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 6 (1686)
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx · 1686 · p.41
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